E D I T O R’ S M E S S A G E J i m W i m s a t t – H a r r i s, H u n t & D e r r, P. A.
Community: GainingStrengthandSupport throughparticipation
thepracticeoflawcanbechallenging, exhausting, andoften isolating, butbeingpartofacommunitycanenrichtheexperience andhelpmitigatethenegativeaspectsofbeingalawyer.
Welcome to a new Bar Year! I hope you all are as excited as I am for the challenges and opportunities a new year presents. I am starting this year beating a familiar drum— that of encouraging all our members to get involved not just with the HCBA as a whole, but in the individual practice area Sections. Mark Baseman, writing for the Marital and Family Law Section this issue, encapsulates much of what I have been thinking about over the Summer. The practice of law can be challenging, exhausting, and often isolating, but being part of a community can enrich the experience and help mitigate the negative aspects of being a lawyer. And being not just a part of the community, but an active participant therein, makes the experience that much richer.
I have had the opportunity this Summer to travel throughout Hillsborough County, visiting with a variety
of professional communities ranging from the more generalized, like the excellent Chambers of Commerce( who knew there were so many in one County), to the more specialized, like the Hillsborough County Cattlemen’ s
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